[urq] audi racing pikes peak - driverless!

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Well Huw, my question was what type of driverless car would climb Pikes Peak
the fastest on the actual road, hence the concerns about wheel travel,
strength and high speed stability... 

As an example, Would a 1/5 RC scale model with a nitro-engine be faster than
a 1:1 300 hp Lotus Seven lookalike shortened to eliminate the cabin and
fitted with long stoke suspensions ? 

Louis-Alain



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Considering that safety wouldn't be a concern (until the robots get 
their universal bill of rights!), we could bring back the Killer Bs... 
oh wait, no, they were killing the audience, not the drivers.

The idea of an automated vehicle race bracket is very intriguing.  I 
didn't list the trunk because it's not needed except for homologation 
anyway.  And of course the lack of need for windows does eventually 
imply getting rid of the middle of the car.

I'm thinking go-karts with a CPU running them?

Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
> Right Huw, 
> 
> Extending that : no roof or cabin or trunk is necessary either...
> 
> So the next question is : what would the fastest driverless race car be
like
> if conceived from the drawing board with that goal in mind ?
> 
> Would it be much smaller than a normal car ? What would be the main
problem
> : suspension travel ? Unibody strength to cope with a 500 hp engine ?
> Stability at high speeds ?
> 
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 
> 
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> 
>> Well, if one day a driverless car can drive Pike's Peak faster than
Walter
>> or Michelle, then it will be a very sad day... unless you enjoy being a
>> copilot !
> 
> A driverless car can be so much lighter... no human cargo, seat, fire 
> extinguisher, windows, door, control interfaces, gauges, or headlights!
> 

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

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